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this time, I had recently finished the sixth
sitting with Kira, and I liked the images we
made with Kira wearing her jeans. I ask
Yulia to put on her jeans & sprawl on the
big comfy chair in the most unladylike manner
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the light pouring into the window is
a little too much, causing a bit of
glare. So, we move the chair
around, just a little bit, and I
move to the side so that the camera
isn't pointed towards the windows.
I'm
enjoying photographing models in
their jeans. Somehow, they
seem more relaxed, and no one has to
be concerned about showing anything
inappropriate. So, I encourage
Yulia to continue sprawling &
moving around in a casual,
unladylike manner. As a
result, many of these pictures are
more "portrait" than
"fine art". Here
you'll get a glimpse of the real
Yulia. |
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It's
only fair -- if I am going to
stray from my comfort zone
(using studio lighting &
photographic backdrops), why
not make Yulia do the same
thing. I don't think
I've ever seen Yulia pose like
this.
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So,
embracing the unusual, I ask Yulia
to give me her best "evil
princess" look. Then,
embracing the wide angle
distortion, I carefully position
her hand, just so.
This
is fun; we do this for a little
while. I guess I'm just a
big fan of big hand pictures.
(Just
between you & me, I don't
think Yulia has it inside her to
pull of any kind of
"evil" look, but it's
fun to try.) |
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Okay,
I was wrong. That's a
pretty darn good "evil
princess" look.
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one looks like a "Is that a spy
camera hidden in the clock?"
type image. |
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one looks like a "Yulia,
In your face!" type
image. |
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Yulia's
forte is fine art figure modeling,
and that's not surprising with
such a fine figure. She
works hard, she works a lot, and
she travels a lot; I've seen lots
of pictures of Yulia, using lots
of different styles by lots of
different talented photographers.
This
image, however, is one of the more
sexy images she's done. I
think it was her idea to lower her
jeans a little, and that is
certainly an enticing look on her
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So,
if I'm using natural indoor
light, which is typically low
light, I may want to see what
happens if we use a long
exposure time. Blurred
movement can be nice.
But
I don't make that many blurred
exposures. Not this
time. Blurred exposures
are easier with the film
camera -- when I press the
film camera's shutter release,
the exposure is made.
When I press the shutter
release on the digital camera,
the camera thinks about it for
a beat before making the
exposure. I guess that I
need the film camera's
precision for blurred
pictures.
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A
few more sexy pictures before
moving on. |
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Heretofore,
Yulia & I made fine art
nude photographs, but somehow
during this sitting, and this
particular setup, I get more
of a sense of the
person. I couldn't tell
you why that is, but I feel
that we are connecting more
than before.
A
large part of that may be
because this image wasn't as
planned as a typical
sitting. We are just
being together, looking for
good light, and playing
together. There were no
expectations. This is
just what happens when she
& I got together this
time.
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I
hope you've enjoyed visiting with
Yulia as much as I did.
This
was an unusual sitting -- at the time
of this sitting, I hadn't yet
processed the previous sitting, and
because of the party the night before,
I hadn't even had anything planned for
this sitting. Yet, I think this
is the best sitting Yulia & I had
together. We made some unusual
pictures -- I love the hair pulling
& the evil princess pictures, and
there were lots of others that were
fun, too.
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